Some Inspiration

Posted by Mega on Jan. 24, 2016, 3:50 p.m.

Not the kind of thing I usually post, but I was digging through my bookmarks and found this excellent comic framing a quote by Ira Glass.

I originally found it on a South African game development forum that I was thinking of posting my work on during the dead-period early …

A Month of Unproductivity

Posted by Mega on Dec. 2, 2015, 6:04 p.m.

I see it's almost a month since my last blog, so here's a wall of text to cover that.

No screenshots to show for the reasons below.

I got practically nothing done in November

Nothing I can show off at any rate. A bit of animation work for my games, …

New mini-project

Posted by Mega on Oct. 5, 2015, 7:18 a.m.

Last night I was bored.

And as it so happens, when I get bored I either end up playing a lot of games or trying to make one.

I settled on the latter for a change.

Since I want to take part in the Ludum Dare October Challenge, I thought …

Making a game

Posted by Mega on Sept. 19, 2015, 7:03 a.m.

I'll do the usual thing and keep a running log here of what I'm doing.

So, I dub this competition "MAG64", because I can. And as per usual, I'm biting off more than I can chew. But yeah, copious free time and stuff.

I've been wanting to create a very …

Stealth Inc 2 free this weekend

Posted by Mega on Aug. 29, 2015, 2:31 a.m.

Humble is having an "End of Summer" Sale, and just like last time I remember them doing something like this, they're giving away a game for free.

This time, it's Stealth Inc 2. No idea if its any good, I've only played Stealth Bastard. But hey, free game!

https://www.humblebundle.com/store

Available …

New Drawing Program

Posted by Mega on Aug. 25, 2015, 6:37 a.m.

Yesterday I started messing around with art again, so as to keep in practice.

Only problem is that GIMP keeps on crashing with my tablet; 2.8 doesn't like non-WACOM branded tablets, and 2.6 doesn't pick up the tablet at all.

Then I discovered Krita. And holy crap, I'm not using …

Finishing Exile

Posted by Mega on Aug. 19, 2015, 1:53 p.m.

I started a somewhat annoying project yesterday on a whim.

A friend and I were going through some of my old games and he wanted to see me play Exile. It's been just over 3 years now since I made it, and I actually managed to dig up the original …

Windows 10 Review

Posted by Mega on July 30, 2015, 10:45 a.m.

I'll be writing a cumulative 'review' here, along with any problems and workarounds I encounter.

Day Zero

The download of the upgrade finished at about 11PM. I was tired already, and had work the next morning.

Nevertheless, I thought I'd start the installer and leave it running.

I remembered after …

Current Projects

Posted by Mega on July 18, 2015, 2:14 p.m.

It feels like forever since I've even had any tangible progress to report on any of my projects.

In fact, it's been a while since I've had time to work on a project. Retail is soul-crushing.

A few weeks ago I basically handed in my notice, and will no longer …

Meh

Posted by Mega on June 25, 2015, 4:20 a.m.

*grumble grumble* Mind altering code *grumble*

Blogging anywhere else sucks. I don't want to use a buggy Javascript implementation of an RTF text editor every time I want to write a small blog.

So hi. I'm back, unless bullshit starts up again.

Stuff I'm doing/have done

End of the month, …